Street House Farm

{{Short description|Farmhouse in Ainderby Mires with Holtby, North Yorkshire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2024}}

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Street House Farm is a historic farm in Ainderby Miers with Holtby, in North Yorkshire in England.

The model farm was one of several near Hornby Castle, which were commissioned by Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness. It is on a prominent site, visible from the Great North Road. It is believed to have been designed by John Carr of York, and building work was completed in 1768.{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=John Martin |title=Georgian Model Farms |date=1983 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=9780198173663}} The buildings were Grade II listed in 1988,{{NHLE |num= 1315114|desc= Street House Farmhouse, Ainderby Miers with Holtby|access-date= 31 December 2023|fewer-links=yes}} but by 2006 were no longer used as a farm, and were in poor repair. They were restored as Crab Tree Hall Business Centre, which opened in 2007, and also included a conference centre.{{cite news |title=A new era |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/a-new-era-3776514 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Teesside Gazette |date=27 April 2006}}

The main farmhouse is built of brick, with stone dressings and a pantile roof. It is seven bays wide and generally two storeys high, although the outermost bays are instead of three storeys, in the form of square towers. The three central bays come further forward. There is a large, octagonal, central chimney stack. The two-storey barn and granary,{{NHLE |num= 1150948|desc= Barn and Granary to South of Street House Farmhouse, Ainderby Miers with Holtby|access-date= 31 December 2023|fewer-links=yes}} single-storey barn with a pyramidal roof, sometimes used a pavilion,{{NHLE |num= 1315115|desc= Pavilion to South of Street House Farmhouse, Ainderby Miers with Holtby|access-date= 31 December 2023|fewer-links=yes}} and two-storey threshing barn with attached outbuilding, are also listed at grade II.{{NHLE |num= 1150949|desc= Threshing Barn and Attached Outbuilding to North of Street House Farmhouse, Ainderby Miers with Holtby|access-date= 31 December 2023|fewer-links=yes}}